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Middle School Good Standing Policy

Introduction

We believe that by setting clear standards, students and their parents know and understand what is expected of them at Kalamunda Senior High School.

This policy outlines the school standards for:

• Academic Performance

• Attendance

• Conduct

• Uniform.

The degree to which each student achieves the school standards in academic performance, attendance and conduct will determine their Good Standing during the year.

Kalamunda Senior High School Standards

Students must ensure that they meet all of the standards below to maintain Good Standing throughout the year:

Academic Performance

Students must achieve the very best they can. To do this they must demonstrate the following attitudinal descriptors (* ABE) consistently or often:

• “Works to the best of their ability”.

• “Is well organised and prepared for learning”:comes to class equipped to participate in the lesson e.g. pens, pencils, paper, files,

books, sports clothing, notebook.

• “Actively participates in learning”:attempts class work and home work.

• Meet deadlines: submits all work by the due date.

Attendance

There is a strong correlation between the academic performance of students and their attendance and participation in the academic program. Absences from school will impact on a student’s ability to understand the material covered and to successfully complete the assessment program.

In order for the attendance standard to be achieved students must attend school for a minimum 90% each semester.

• Extended absences due to illness verified by a doctor’s certificate will be taken into consideration.

• Special school days including sports carnivals and Kalamunda Day are compulsory attendance days.

• Failure to attend these days will affect a student’s good standing.

• Holidays should not be taken outside the official school holiday weeks.

* ABE - as indicated on the Attitude Behaviour Effort section of the school semester reports

Conduct

All students at Kalamunda Senior High School are expected to maintain high standards of conduct. Good conduct ensures that students give themselves the best opportunity to focus on achieving their academic potential. Further, good conduct ensures that students develop strong positive working relationships with their peers and teachers, and helps them build positive life skills.

The following are regarded as appropriate conduct:

• respecting school expectations and values (Love of Learning, Respect, Resilience, Pride and Community)

• respecting the rights of others

• appropriate organisation and preparation

• appropriate use of class time.

Repeated breaches of what is regarded as appropriate conduct will jeopardise a student’s ability to meet the conduct standard.

Suspension results in automatic loss of good standing for ten weeks.

Uniform

In 2001 the Kalamunda Senior High School Council endorsed the introduction of a full school uniform rather than a dress code. This continues to be endorsed by the School Board under the school’s Independent Public School status. We expect our students to be proud of their appearance, and wearing the uniform is both a condition of enrolment and necessary to maintain Good Standing.

The following are aspects of appropriate uniform:

• Wearing full school uniform at all times

• Physical Education clothes and dance clothes are not to be worn at any other time including before school

• Students are to have two or less breaches of the School Uniform Policy at every five week review.

Good Standing

All students will commence each year with Good Standing. Students who have Good Standing in a semester will have achieved the following levels of performance:

• Academic Standard Demonstrated the following ABE consistently or often:

o “Works to the best of their ability”

o “Actively participates in learning”

• Attendance StandardAttendance 90% or above.

• Conduct Standard One or less negative incidents recorded every five weeks.

• Uniform Standard Two or less breaches of the school uniform policy at every five week review.

Students who maintain Good Standing throughout the year will have access to privileges such as:

• extra-curricular activities, eg. school trips, interschool carnivals

• school and year group functions, such as the School Ball, Dinner Dance

• recognition at school assemblies.

Advanced Good Standing (Year 9 only)

Year 9 students are deemed to have excelled in all Middle School standards when they achieve the following levels of performance in the year:

• Academic StandardMinimum 12 A grades (academic year) across the year

• Attendance StandardAttendance 95% or above and no unauthorised absences

• Conduct Standard Consistently demonstrate courtesy and respect in all courses.

• Uniform StandardConsistently adhere to the School Uniform policy.

In addition to the privileges of Middle School Good Standing, Year 9 students may also receive:

• An Advanced Standing badge

• An Advanced Standing Certificate detailing when this was achieved

• Recognition at a full school assembly

• A complimentary Senior School shirt

• Subsidy for Rewards Day activities.

Provisional Good Standing

Students are deemed to have performed below an acceptable level of the Middle School standards when:

• Academic StandardThere are three or more Seldom ratings on the semester report in the following ABE:

o “Works to the best of their ability”

o “Actively participates in learning”

• Attendance Standard Attendance below 90% and/ or any unauthorised absences

• Conduct StandardTwo or more negative incidents recorded

• Uniform StandardThree or more breaches of the School Uniform Policy.

In this circumstance, the school will undertake a number of intervention strategies designed to support an immediate improvement to an acceptable level of performance. These interventions will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• A case conference including the student, their parents, the Associate Principal and/or Manager of Student Services, the Head of Middle School, the Year Coordinator and other professionals as deemed appropriate.

• Implementation of an intensive attendance tracking system (as appropriate).

• Implementation of a performance tracking system in each course studied.

• Loss of the automatic privilege to become involved in extra-curricular activities.

• Loss of privilege to attend school social events as deemed appropriate by the Head of Middle or Senior School or the Associate Principal.

• Other actions as deemed necessary to bring about an immediate improvement in academic and non-academic performance.

Loss of Good Standing

Students are deemed to have performed below an acceptable level when they have exhibited one or more of the following in a semester:

• SuspensionImmediate loss of Good Standing for 10 weeks.

• Academic StandardHas not achieved requirements set out by the Provisional Good Standing agreement.

• Attendance StandardIf after Term 1 attendance is less than 90% or there are unauthorised absences.

• Conduct Standard4 or more negative incidents recorded and/ or 4 behaviour Letters of Concern recorded.

• Uniform StandardSubsequent breach of School Uniform Policy after being placed on Provisional Good Standing.

In this circumstance, the school will undertake a number of intervention strategies designed to support an immediate improvement to an acceptable level of performance. These interventions will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• A case conference including the student, their parents, the Associate Principal and/or Manager of Student Services, the Head of Middle or Senior School and other professionals as deemed appropriate.

• Implementation of an intensive attendance tracking system (as appropriate).

• Implementation of a performance tracking system in each course studied. Loss of the automatic privilege to become involved in extra-curricular activities. Loss of privilege to attend school social events as deemed appropriate by the Head of Middle or Senior School or the Associate Principal.

• Other actions as deemed necessary to bring about an immediate improvement in academic and non-academic performance.

Sustained Poor Performance

In circumstances where students are deemed to have lost Good Standing for more than one semester the following actions will be taken as appropriate:

• Where a student is deemed to have performed below the school standards for Semester One and Two, they may not be permitted to automatically proceed to the next academic year.

• A case conference will be called with the student, their parents, the Associate Principal, Head of Senior School, Manager of Student Services and other professionals as appropriate to discuss the continuation of the current course and the most appropriate action for the future.

Continuation into the next academic year would be considered to be extremely unlikely.

Loss of Good Standing

Students are deemed to have performed below an acceptable level when they have exhibited one or more of the following in a semester:

• SuspensionImmediate loss of Good Standing for 10 weeks.

• Academic StandardHas not achieved requirements set out by the Provisional Good Standing agreement.

• Attendance StandardIf after Term 1 attendance is less than 90% or there are unauthorised absences.

• Conduct Standard4 or more negative incidents recorded and/ or 4 behaviour Letters of Concern recorded.

• Uniform StandardSubsequent breach of School Uniform Policy after being placed on Provisional Good Standing.

In this circumstance, the school will undertake a number of intervention strategies designed to support an immediate improvement to an acceptable level of performance. These interventions will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• A case conference including the student, their parents, the Associate Principal and/or Manager of Student Services, the Head of Middle or Senior School and other professionals as deemed appropriate.

• Implementation of an intensive attendance tracking system (as appropriate).

• Implementation of a performance tracking system in each course studied. Loss of the automatic privilege to become involved in extra-curricular activities. Loss of privilege to attend school social events as deemed appropriate by the Head of Middle or Senior School or the Associate Principal.

• Other actions as deemed necessary to bring about an immediate improvement in academic and non-academic performance.

Sustained Poor Performance

In circumstances where students are deemed to have lost Good Standing for more than one semester the following actions will be taken as appropriate:

• Where a student is deemed to have performed below the school standards for Semester One and Two, they may not be permitted to automatically proceed to the next academic year.

• A case conference will be called with the student, their parents, the Associate Principal, Head of Senior School, Manager of Student Services and other professionals as appropriate to discuss the continuation of the current course and the most appropriate action for the future.

Continuation into the next academic year would be considered to be extremely unlikely.